Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-27
PRINCESS GALITZIN NO. 4.
She Was Won at tho Gaming Tab
by the Much.MarriedN NobIeman.

She Was Won at tho Gaming Table
by the Much-Marr1ed NobIeman.
Paris Letter to the Chicago Tribune
Prince Serge Galitzin they say is to be
married again. This will be his fourth wife
and the other three are all living. What a
picturesque rascal Prince Serge is! Though
don't know that he is any worse than plen-
ty other Russian noblemen, including some
grand dukes. Prince Serge indeed comes of
an ancient and noble family, not very dis
family akin to royalty. He is also or was
enormously rich. His first wife was Bohe-
mian beer garden singer. He heard her in a
saloon at Moscow, took fancy to her pretty
face and married her. She was pretty GER
tainly and sang fairly we'll. But she was Of
peasant birth, ignorant and of questionable
occupation, though there are some honest
girls among saloon prime donne. After a
time Prince Serge got tired of her and want
ed divorce. He couldn't bring anything
against her, however, to entitle him to it,
and she declined to kick over the matrimo-
| nial traces to oblige him. So he determined
| to drive her to get a divorce from him. This
he did by bringing a notorious woman into
the house and behaving towards her in the
grossest manner under the very eyes of his
wife. AS result she got divorce from
him, the Russian court decreeing that she
should retain the title of Princess Galitzin,
together with the priceless Galitzin jewels
and the great Galitzin palace at Moscow, and
| that he should not marry again. The prin-
cess is still living at Moscow with her chill
| dren in wealth and honor. But in defiance
| of the decree Prince Serge went right off and
| got married again, this time to a French
| lady. Of course the marriage was not legal,
| but that didn't matter. He stuck to her a
l cr0f forced
| to divorce him. But he had to pay for this
divorce too, the court decreeing her an in
demnity of seven hundred thousand dollars,
| which she got and on which she is now liv-
ing merry life here in Paris. month or
| SO later Prince Serge picked up wife No. 3 at
Monte Carlo. He went to Italy with her in
| the winter and in the summer took her to
| one of his Russian estates in the Toula dis
| triet. But time has stalled even her attrac-
| tions, and they say he is going to make her
divorce him so that he get fourth wife.
No. 4, by the way, he also got at Monte Car
| 10. He was in the gambling saloon there
with another Russian prince of similar pro-
clivities. They noticed handsome woman
| at the other side of the table. 81 would like
| to marry her." remarked Serge. $50 would
l." replied his comrade. "Well, ?" said Serge,
''let US decide which of us shall have her.
Let US begin with ten thousand roubles and
| play for half an hour, and the one who at
shall marry her." agreed" said the other,
| 'sbut let us call her around here to watch the
| play" This was done and they set to work.
Both lost steadily, but Prince Serge didn't
| lose as rapidly as his comrade. At the end
| of the half hour Serge had nearly two thirds
of his money left, while his friend was al
most entirely 'tcleaned out" The lady ac-
cepted the conditions of the contest, and will
presently no doubt figure as the nominal
Princess Serge GalitZiu No. 4.